The Scripture Guide To Baptism Or A Faithful Citation Of Every Passage Of The New Testament Which Relates To This Ordinance

Author : Richard Pengilly
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ISBN 13 : 9781331172475
Total Pages : 162 pages
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Download or read book The Scripture Guide to Baptism written by Richard Pengilly and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Scripture Guide to Baptism: Containing a Faithful Citation of All the New Testament Passages Which Relate to This Ordinance In presenting a new edition of this pamphlet to the Christian public, the writer has no small degree of satisfaction in having the opportunity of copying into its pages additional testimonies from very eminent Christian authors, conceding the scriptural authority of the views of Baptism herein advocated. But few writers of the present age are more highly estimated, or more generally respected, than the Professor of Theology in the University of Edinburgh, Dr. Chalmers. On the mode of Baptism, this eminent writer has, in a recent publication, frankly stated what the word Baptism, in the law of Christ, signifies, and what was, without doubt, the apostolical practice. The reader will find extracts upon these points at pages 71 and 47. Nor is it less pleasing to introduce the candid account which Professor Jewett, of Marietta College, Ohio, has lately given of his deep and thorough investigation of this subject, - to which he was called in the providence of God, and which ultimately led him not merely to grant concessions to the truth, but to adopt different views and a different practice to those of his former life. It is not intended by these remarks that the reader should attach any decisive importance to the opinions of uninspired men. The word of God alone should decide whatever pertains to religious duty. At the same time, the result of such a deep and thorough investigation of the subject, (as in the case last referred to, ) by a man of high theological attainments and station, with a mind capable of grasping the subject in all its bearings upon the Christian system, and of erudition to enable to him ascertain the precise sense of original terms employed in the law of Christ, as well as the practice of the church in the first and purest period of her history, - such a result, presented to the public in a truly Christian spirit, deserves and demands the most serious attention; and is a loud call to others, desirous of knowing and doing the will of Christ, to examine the subject for themselves. The following is the account referred to, given by Professor Jewett in a letter to a friend. It is dated July 7, 1838: - "About eighteen months ago, an elder of the Presbyterian church to which I was preaching in the country, became a Baptist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.